The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Sergeant James H. West (ASN: 96865), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ancerviller, France, 4 March 1928. Sergeant West was a member of a patrol of five men which, on 4 March 1918, encountered an enemy patrol of 11 men, which it attacked and routed, taking two prisoners.